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Recommended Reading for Kids at Every Level

The K¹² reading experts who created our Language Arts courses invite you to enjoy our ‘Recommended Reading” list for grades K–12. Click the links below to see a list appropriate for your child's grade level, or download the full list as a PDF.

Nate the Great Series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
– Nate the Great
– Nate the Great and the Stolen Base
– Nate the Great and the Monster Mess

Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne
– Dinosaurs Before Dark
– The Knight at Dawn
– Mummies in the Morning
– Pirates Past Noon

Frog and Toad Series by Arnold Lobel
– Frog and Toad are Friends
– Frog and Toad Together
– Days with Frog and Toad

The Littles (First Reader Series) by John Peterson
– The Littles First Readers Series #01: The Littles Make a Friend
– The Littles First Readers Series #06: The Littles and the Secret Letter
– The Littles First Readers Series #07: The Littles Go On a Hike

Grades 2–3

Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron

Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary

Cam Jansen Series by David Adler
– Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds
– Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball
– Cam Jansen and the Catnapping Mystery
– Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary

Grades 5–6

Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander
– The Book of Three
– The Black Cauldron
– The Castle of Llyr
– Taran Wanderer
– The High King

The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper
– Over Sea, Under Stone
– The Dark Is Rising
– Greenwitch
– The Grey King
– Silver on the Tree

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
– The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
– Prince Caspian
– The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
– The Silver Chair
– The Horse and His Boy
– The Magician's Nephew
– The Last Battle

Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski

The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg